Title: Theme preview not showing
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Theme preview not showing

 *  [A_Flama](https://wordpress.org/support/users/flamaa/)
 * (@flamaa)
 * [17 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-preview-not-showing/)
 * I noticed that on WP 2.7.1 any theme name with “-” don’t show in preview.
    It
   must be a bug… any thoughts about it?

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 *  [EMG](https://wordpress.org/support/users/emg/)
 * (@emg)
 * [17 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-preview-not-showing/#post-1035541)
 * I’m going to revive this thread and say that I have also experienced similar 
   problems with the theme previewer, though the problem in my case appears to be
   isolated to Firefox? And perhaps Firefox 2.X?
 * The theme works dandily if you activate it, but yes, the theme preview option
   just won’t display a darned thing for some themes.
 *  [iairv](https://wordpress.org/support/users/iairv/)
 * (@iairv)
 * [17 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-preview-not-showing/#post-1035547)
 * I am hosting 2 blogs that are both running 2.7.1 with the same themes on them.
   One of them previews and activates the themes just fine, the other won’t preview
   or activate a theme. Any thoughts?
 *  [wendyl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wendyl/)
 * (@wendyl)
 * [17 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-preview-not-showing/#post-1035548)
 * I was having the same problem as you iairv.
 * I discovered that it was a problem with the folder permissions. So I went onto
   the ftp server and checked which permissions were checked with the classic and
   default themes and applied that to the new theme.
 * To see the permissions, right click on the theme folder (in ftp) and click info.
   A box will appear that checks off read/write options.
 * Hope that helps you too.
 *  [wendyl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wendyl/)
 * (@wendyl)
 * [17 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-preview-not-showing/#post-1035549)
 * Oh, I also had to go to the image folder within the theme folder and change the
   permissions on that as well because the images weren’t showing up.
 *  [ScottLamon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/scottlamon/)
 * (@scottlamon)
 * [17 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-preview-not-showing/#post-1035550)
 * I am also experiencing this problem. I’ve changed the permissions but that did
   not work. In fact, the default and classic are not showing an image either.
 *  [iairv](https://wordpress.org/support/users/iairv/)
 * (@iairv)
 * [17 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-preview-not-showing/#post-1035551)
 * Wendy.. thanks for the help. All of the permissions are set at 0755 for the “
   theme” folder and all of the contents. I can’t even get classic and default to
   work. They still don’t preview or activate and my site is blank.
 *  [Dave](https://wordpress.org/support/users/crazybikerdave/)
 * (@crazybikerdave)
 * [16 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-preview-not-showing/#post-1035577)
 * Hey guys – I was having a similar problem. I developed a theme locally, and then
   when I uploaded it to my client’s website, it wasn’t working. The files were 
   there, but it wouldn’t load in the browser.
 * I then did what [@wendyl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wendyl/) suggested,
   and adjusted the folder permissions for the theme to (755) like the default theme,
   and it worked perfectly.
 * Sorry if it doesn’t help the rest of you, but I wanted to mention that this thread
   helped me resolve me problem.
 *  [ClaireR](https://wordpress.org/support/users/clairer/)
 * (@clairer)
 * [16 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-preview-not-showing/#post-1035589)
 * Wendyl – you are my ‘hero of the day’ – it worked for me!
 * Here’s another thing to try for those who it hasn’t worked for: [http://wordpress.org/support/topic/265219?replies=4 ](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/265219?replies=4)
 * Thanks again Wendy 🙂

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 * [Themes](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/themes/)

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 * Last activity: [16 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-preview-not-showing/#post-1035589)
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